Piero Amodio

• Personal data Piero Amodio was born on June the 11th 1953 in Udine, Italy. He lives in Padova. E-mail address: piero.amodio@unipd.it. He is married and has two daughters. • Education 1978 Qualification (110/110 cum laude) in Medicine at the University of Padova . 1982 Specialised in Respiratory Medicine (70/70 cum laude) 1987 Specialised in Internal Medicine in (70/70 cum laude) 1993: 6th European Educational Programme in Epidemiology, Florence. 1997: Grant CNR/FNRS) for research at the “Unité d’Explorations Electrophysiologiques du Sistème Nerveux” of the Catholic University of Bruxelles. 1998 and 1999 Clinical Electroencephalography. Dpt. of Clinical Neurophysiology. University of Milan. Professional Activity. 1978-1988: Resident and private consultant 1988-2014 Aggregate Professor, Clinical Medicine, University of Padova. 2014-2016: Associate Professor, Clinic Medicine, University of Padua 2015: Qualification of full Professor of Internal Medicine 2012-2017: Director of the Unit for the study of Cognitive and Behavioural disorders in Internal Medicine, Padova 2010-2018 Director of the Interdepartmental Research Centre for Neuropsychiatric Disorders in Internal Medicine (CIRMANMEC), University of Padua 2018: Resigned from the University of Padua 2018: Appointed as “Senior Scholar” of the University of Padua 2019: Private Consultant in the Parco dei Tigli Clinics for mental disorders, Teolo (Padua) • Acknowledgements:  President of the International Society for Hepatic Encephalopathy and Nitrogen Metabolism (ISHEN) (from 2006-2008, now Treasurer)  Head of the expertise group and principal writer of the Guidelines for Hepatic Encephalopathy of the AISF (2004)  Co-author the AASLD-EASL practice guideline on Hepatic Encephalopathy (2014)  Co-author of the Italian practice guidelines for Hepatic Encephalopathy (2019)  Datta oration of Hepatology, Chandigarh (India) (2017)  Fellow of Royal College of Physicians (London) (2017)  Blei oration of the International Society for Hepatic Encephalopathy and Nitrogen Metabolism (September 2019, Virginia, USA).  Associate Editor of the Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology (2009-2014)  Editorial Board of the World Journal of Gastroenterology (2013-2015) Teaching In the past: Clinical Pathophysiology, Internal Medicine, Dietetics in the University of Padua Now: Monitoring of Treatments for Central Nervous System Disorders, Speciality in Hospital Pharmacy, University of Padova Research and Clinical Activity The research has dealt with various branches of internal medicine, in particular hepatology and neurological complications of liver diseases. Fields of interest: 1) description and characterisation of the cognitive alterations in liver cirrhosis, 2) implementation of computerized tests for hepatologic research 3) evaluation of confounding factors in neuropsychological testing, 4) study of the effect of aging on cognitive evoked potentials, 5) methodological and clinical application of EEG monitoring in hepatic encephalopathy and metabolic encephalopathies, 6) relationship between the neuropsychological and the neurophysiological finding in hepatic encephalopathy and its pathophysiology, 7) investigation about technology for improving neurophysiological/neuropsychological investigation, 8) complication of portal hypertension, 9) nutrition in liver disease. He founded, organized and directed a laboratory/clinic for hepatic encephalopathy in the University Hospital of Padua Citations Scopus 6246 H index Scopus =38.